SUCCESS!!!! B&N only had one copy of The Atlas of ME in stock. I heard it calling my name as I came in the door. Right next to it on the shelf was another book called "Tolkein: The Illustrated Encyclopedia" by David Day. I've never heard of this book before, but there was so much cool information that I couldn't pass it up. There were things like "A Chronicle of Middle Earth & the Undying Lands", maps/drawings showing the evolution of Arda from the Ages of Creation to the Fourth Age of the Sun, encyclopedia-type entries under headings of Geography, Sociology, Natural History & Biography. Both of these books are awesome. Thanks for pointing me to the atlas!
I've blown my budget for the next month, but it's worth it.
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"It's impossible to have Frodo without Sam, or Sam without Frodo. They're like two halves of one heart..."
"If your hurts grieve you still and the memory of your burden is heavy, then you may pass into the West..."
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